Re: Bug in xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody3_ia64.deb
Branden Robinson wrote:
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 02:29:21PM +0100, Wolfgang Dautermann wrote:
> Hi,
> during the latest apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade I got the following
> Messages, which I should report to that mail-adress:
>
> [...]
> Preparing to replace xfonts-scalable 4.1.0-16woody1 (using
> .../xfonts-scalable_4.1.0-16woody3_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement xfonts-scalable ...
> (Reading database ... 66177 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace xbase-clients 4.1.0-16woody1 (using
> .../xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody3_ia64.deb) ...
> Warning: /etc/X11/xkb/compiled symbolic link points to the wrong place.
> Removing.
> ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link. This
package
> cannot be installed until this file is removed.
> Aborting installation of xbase-clients package.
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody3_ia64.deb
(--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Analyzing /etc/X11/xkb/compiled:
> drwxr-xr-x 73 root root 4096 Feb 3 11:24 /etc
> drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Feb 24 13:45 /etc/X11
> drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Feb 24 13:45 /etc/X11/xkb
> /etc/X11/xkb/compiled: nonexistent
> ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/compiled symbolic link does not exist. Either the
> package
> didn't ship the symbolic link (a bug in the package), or dpkg failed to
> unpack
> it to the filesystem (a bug in dpkg).
> Please report the package name, version, and the text of the above error
> message(s) to <debian-x@lists.debian.org>.
>
> I believe, that will not cause many problems here, we use that machine
> usually remote and a local X-Server is not often used, but it seems,
> that there is an bug in an debian-Package (at least in the
> ia64-Version). If you need more information - just send me a mail).
Thanks for the report.
Does the package install successfully if you use the following command?:
dpkg -i --force-confmiss xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody3_all.deb
woody3_all.deb? I believe/hope you meant woody3_ia64.deb, I could not
find a package xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody3_all.deb...
Hmm. The help for dpkg does not really sound good:
celsius800:~# dpkg --force-help
[...]
confmiss [!] Always install missing config files
[...]
WARNING - use of options marked [!] can seriously damage your installation.
Anyway, I will try it...
celsius800:~# dpkg -i --force-confmiss
/var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody3_ia64.deb
(Reading database ... 66177 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xbase-clients 4.1.0-16woody1 (using
.../xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody3_ia64.deb) ...
ERROR: /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp exists and is not a symbolic link. This package
cannot be installed until this file is removed.
Aborting installation of xbase-clients package.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody3_ia64.deb (--install):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody3_ia64.deb
No, that did not work. Then I removed /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp, tried it again:
celsius800:~# mv /etc/X11/xkb/xkbcomp /tmp
celsius800:~# dpkg -i --force-confmiss
/var/cache/apt/archives/xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody3_ia64.deb
(Reading database ... 66177 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xbase-clients 4.1.0-16woody1 (using
.../xbase-clients_4.1.0-16woody3_ia64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xbase-clients ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xbase-clients:
xbase-clients depends on libdps1 (>> 4.1.0); however:
Package libdps1 is not configured yet.
xbase-clients depends on libxaw7 (>> 4.1.0); however:
Package libxaw7 is not configured yet.
xbase-clients depends on xlibmesa3 | libgl1; however:
Package xlibmesa3 is not configured yet.
Package libgl1 is not installed.
Package xlibmesa3 which provides libgl1 is not configured yet.
xbase-clients depends on xlibs (>> 4.1.0); however:
Package xlibs is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing xbase-clients (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
xbase-clients
And now, an "apt-get update" worked cleanly. I had to reconfigure my
X-Server, but now everything seems to work.
Greetings, Wolfgang
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